Pleasure

I don't really feel that life is all about pleasure or "having a good time." Real art comes from suffering and work, not from partying and pouring champagne. Everybody wants to "party like a rock star." Where does that really lead to?

be. nice

don't hate on my friend
she's having a hard time
we don't follow trends
depression is not a crime

yin and yang
pleasure and pain
nobody does things
exactly the same

my thumbprint is a hypocrite
looks like yours
with a dagger in it
i love too much if i love at all
i guess that i'm not hip

don't hate on my friend
because he's doing time
this isn't the end
weed shouldn't be a crime

don't throw
the baby out with the bathwater
you say
you gotta
judge
but why
bother

ragecage

put down your cellphone
No texting please
Look in my eyes
so i can feel your disease
What are you rebelling against
What do you
Got?
What do you want to be
When you grow up
Whatever
You’re not
Kings of complaceny
Queen of the pout
Lets kick out the jams
Or get
The fuck out
Your boredom
Is boring me
Your apathy
Kills
You’re trying
To watch tv
I’m looking
For thrills

Them girls

The girls on beverly drive
are so high maintenance
but it makes me feel so alive
and (!) confident
she's such a pretty girl
don't make it obvious
you gotta let her know
it ain't serious

sweet sugar for my rotting teeth amen!
Be like an eagle flying into the rain, again
sweet sugar for my rotting teeth ahem
she's like a beetle swimming into the drain again

did he come on to you
already bored you
(to tears)
I could make
la la love
to you
for oh
about 100
years
leave him baby, come along with me
i'm gonna show you how to break free
he read every book on pickup
he's a real slick man
a real life
showboat
flash in the
pan
sweet sugar for my rotting teeth, ahem
be like an eagle coming out from the rain again
sweet sugar for my rotting teeth, again
unique like everyone else gainst the grain

bridge
if you're dancing at the club don't stay on the floor if you're looking for love
jump and down and swing from the pipes grab the first one you see on a saturday night
swinging like a monkey in the broad daylight

Bridge

4 SNAPSHOTS
lax to cdg there's a bike waiting for me i don't know how far i go pedal till ireachsnow

Where'd you go Danny KnighT?

I remember meeting you
in san pedro 99
@ sacred grounds
you answered an add of mine
looking for a bassist
looking for drums
we were almost in a band
and we did become friends and
we partied at your house
met a lot of folks
long beach
do you remember
or am i just a ghost
a year later you visited me
in waimea town
the big island
with your surfboard
waipio bound
then i saw you 8 years later
you came to one of my shows
it's been 4 years since then
and heaven only knows

Muy Loco

broken hearts
black eyes
don't you know it happens
all the time
so sit down
calm your bones
realize you're not alone
i can't help but seeing what you mean
i didn't fit into the scene
if you'd help me move along
figure out where we belong
muy loco
in la cabeza
un pequito
crazy
please help me get it right
i do not want to get it wrong
been playing at this game for much too long
must be a scheme a recipe just waiting to explode
help me find myself today i'm feeling kind of old
muy loco
en la cabeza
un pequito
crazy
thank you thank you
for the treats
and the love of yesterday
now i won't look at the future
with disregard and dismay
who else looks forward to
getting older getting grey
getting full of the wisdom
comes along with decay

pity the humble bureaucrat

I PITY THE HUMBLE BUROCRAT
white collared workers suffer too
How would you feel to have at work at
What you don’t want to
Their parents told them hurry up and get a job
We don’t want our son to be a poor slob
Go to school and get a degree
In something
Doesn’t matter if it sets you free
I don’t have a problem with education
But when you’re 18
Maybe you should take a vacation
Figure out what you really want to do
Don’t always listen to what they tell you to do
I pity the humble burocrat
Unless they’re happy doing what they do
But i sincerely doubt that
A life not filled with meaning
Is really no life at all
You can be rich and have nothing
Or be bohemian
And 10 ft
Tall

Believe

Takes a lot of belief
to believe in nothing
give me your hand
I'll show you something
we're all on our way
to the a great big party in the sky

we may be crawling on the ground
but we will not
bat our eye.

prechorus

why's your body want to tell me
exactly what is on your mind
why's your eyes light up when i see you
seein' the sign

seein' the signs

I believe in you, angel
I believe in you,
and it makes me strong
So won't you sing along?

I believe in you, angel
I believe in you,
and it makes me strong
so won't you sing along?

You were there when I had
nothing but my heart
to give
You took it
baby, paid me back in spades
if me and you could live together forever
maybe we'd finally have it made

prechorus
you are so much more than kind
you forever read my mind
surprised
your eyes light up
when I see you
seein' the signs

I believe in you, angel
I believe in you,
and it makes me strong
so won't you sing along?

I believe in you , angel
I believe in you,
and it makes me strong
so won't you sing along?

Critics

So, I don't really like critics that much. But that doesn't mean I can't learn from them. A friend of mine attached a link of my music on her facebook wall and one of her "friends" said I have a great future in moving highway cones.
I am not a perfectionist. I don't wait until my material is shiny, polished, and waxed up in a professional studio. In fact I can't count on one hand the amount of times I've actually paid to record in one. Mainly because, I spend what little I have money on things like eating and riding the bus. If you don't like that, don't listen to my music! I tend to just listen to what I like, ignore what I don't, unless it's a personal attack on me.

heidi girl

haven't met you yet in the flesh but i've known you for years
you're beautiful you're kind and so sincere
and when i talk to you, you soothe my fears
oh, oh my Heidi girl!
u love to listen u love to dance to the music
we like the same bands
and she is a muse yeah
she lives in cleveland ohio
haven't been there yet but i want to go go
she so classic with a heart of gold gold
everybody loves her like they love a song
yeah you feel you've known her all along
she's my heidi heidi heidi heidi girl
and she belongs in my world
she's my heidi heidi heidi girl oh yeah!

Re duB

Re`dub´ (rė`dŭb´)
v. t. 1. To refit; to repair, or make reparation for; hence, to repay or requite.
It shall be good that you redub that negligence.
- Wyatt.
God shall give power to redub it with some like requital to the French.
- Grafton.
2. To dub again.